Caffeine Headaches

This will come as a shock to some of you who know me best... but I'm trying to cut back on caffeine, for various reasons, which I will not go into here. I haven't gone "cold turkey" but am cutting back, which is what the "experts" online suggest; do it slowly and it hurts less.

Today, right this second, I have a headache. I already took a nap, so that hasn't helped. I'm drinking a lovely Blueberry herbal tea along with a very tasty blueberry cookie. That has only helped a little bit.

It really is for the best for me to cut back a bit on the caffeine. This is my mantra. Can you hear me yell-chanting it from where you are? You probably could if you can shut the person in the cubicle next to you up for a second. Tell them to go get a cup of coffee. THEY won't have a headache.

So I went to this article to see if there were other strategies. And the funny thing that happened? The "Sponsor Ad" was from guess who?*

Give up?

I'll give you a hint. They're on every other corner in any city. And even in many stripmalls across "The evil red states." (I'm going to use humor to get past the negative stereotypes. Damnit.) And the sign has a mermaid on it. And it's green.

Still can't guess? Where the hell have you been in the last couple of years? Hiding from the commercial coffee giants will not make them go away. You'll just get a headache.

*It's different the second time I go there. So don't try to cheat by looking.